Comments on Guitar Boomer: Why It Is No More Difficult to Learn the Guitar at...

I'm Handicapped and have had 7 strokes and a cereb...

2008-03-26T03:42:00.000-05:00

I'm Handicapped and have had 7 strokes and a cerebellar infarct, which destroys your ability to remember to some extent.

All I know from this experience is that keeping learning keeps you young, keeps your mind alive, and for me, keeps me alive.

I'm beginning to play better now than I did when I was 18. I practice more now too.

I'm more afraid to stop playing than to play bad.

Hope as you all get older you remember to keep on keepin on. That's what rocks.
Cheers, Gary (GuitarGomer)

To GOINGLIKE60: Check out music that has diagramme...

2008-03-25T11:12:00.000-05:00

To GOINGLIKE60: Check out music that has diagrammed chords, showing the finger positions. Makes chords much easier. Also check out chordfind.com. Very handy. Also, I cannot stress enough: learn to play a bar chord, also known as a "movable" chord. I'm 54, and have been playing for 41 years, but I still believe that if someone can do it, so can I. So if I can do it, certainly so can you.

Age is never a barried in learning any istrument. ...

2008-03-22T01:08:00.000-05:00

Age is never a barried in learning any istrument. What is basically needed is constant, regular practice in order to hone your guitar skills. For those of you who want to learn to play a guitar AND read notes as well, you should try Guitar Wizard. Guitar Wizard is a video game so you'll have lots of fun learning the guitar. Within a month, you would be able to learn to play guitar and by the time you reach the fourth level of the game, you would be reading notes as well. You can learn to play virtually any song with Guitar Wizard. Guitar Wizard is coming out this fall. For updates, please visit the Guitar Wizard website.

Absolutely. I realize I was focused more on the ph...

2008-03-21T15:06:35.869-05:00

Absolutely. I realize I was focused more on the physical elements of guitar playing. Part of learning the guitar is learning the rudiments of music theory, which provides the basis for reading music as well as improvisation. It is still a brain exercise though that works for a 50+ brain as well as a 15 year old brain.

Yeah, but chords are boring. (Unless you want to f...

2008-03-21T13:21:00.000-05:00

Yeah, but chords are boring. (Unless you want to form a geezer band.)
So wouldn't one need to learn to read music too?

Don't let age hold you back. The great rocker Chuc...

2008-03-21T11:50:00.000-05:00

Don't let age hold you back. The great rocker Chuck Berry is in his 82nd year and still rocking.